Olaf Förster
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| Born | 2 November 1962 (age 59) Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Einheit Dresden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Olaf Förster (born 2 November 1962) is a retired German rower who had his best achievements in the coxless fours. In this event, he won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics and world titles in 1987 and 1989.[1][2][3]
Förster's wife Kerstin also won a gold medal in rowing at the 1988 Olympics. The couple has two children.[1][2]
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- ^ a b Olaf Förster. Sports-Reference.com
- ^ a b Olaf Förster at World Rowing (archived)
- ^ Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften Zweier mit Steuermann, Vierer ohne Steuermann. sport-komplett.de
Förster (left) in 1985
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- 1962 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Chemnitz
- People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
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- Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rowers of East Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- World Rowing Championships medalists for East Germany
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold
- German rowing Olympic medalist stubs